Yilezo zindaba. U-Apple usebenzise imali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-10.000 zamaRandi esebenza ku-"Apple Car" kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, ngokwencwadi ephuma komunye umuntu ngaphandle kwe-New York Times echaza zonke izinkinga iphrojekthi eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Titan ebhekane nayo phakathi nokuthuthukiswa kwayo. I-Apple yaqala ukutshala imali emotweni yayo ezimele ngo-2014 futhi ibilokhu isebenza kuyo kuze kube ngu-2024, lapho, njengoba sishilo ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, ngabe ikhanseliwe.
Kusuka ku-Cupertino imali yasetshenziswa ku-R&D, kanye nezinkulungwane zonjiniyela nochwepheshe bezimoto ababesebenza kulo msebenzi. Abanye abasebenzi bakwa-Apple kuthiwa bebesola ukuthi iphrojekthi izobhuntsha zisuka nje, bebiza imoto ngokuthi "inhlekelele ye-Titanic" esikhundleni segama layo lekhodi elithi "Project Titan."
U-Tim Cook unikeze imvume yakhe kulo msebenzi, kodwa amalungu eqembu lemoto abeyohlale ecabanga ukuthi kuzoba cishe akunakwenzeka. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi imoto kagesi enamandla okushayela ngokuzenzakalelayo kuzodingeka ibize okungenani u-$100.000, Amamajini aqine kakhulu nokuncintisana okunzima njengoTesla kanye nemakethe yezimoto zikagesi zaseShayina.
Noma kunjalo U-Apple ubambe izingxoxo no-Elon Musk mayelana nokuthengwa okungenzeka kweTesla, inkampani yanquma ukuthi ukuzakhela imoto yayo kwenza umqondo omkhulu kunokuzama ukuhlanganisa i-Tesla ne-Apple. Emuva ngo-2014, uMusk ukuqinisekisile ukuthi "ube nezingxoxo" no-Apple, kodwa wathi ngaleso sikhathi ukuthengwa kwakubonakala "kungenakwenzeka kakhulu."
Ngemuva kokuthi ikhanseliwe, abasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-2.000 XNUMX abebegxile kuphrojekthi ye-Apple Car zisatshalaliswa kabusha. Abanye bazojoyina amanye amaqembu e-Apple ukuze basebenze ku-AI nobunye ubuchwepheshe (iningi labo), kanti abanye bazodilizwa. Kodwa-ke, akuwona wonke utshalomali olube yize, I-Apple izosebenzisa okuningi kwalokho ekufundile ku-Project Titan futhi ikusebenzise kwamanye amadivaysi afana nama-AirPods ane-AI, amakhamera, kanye ne-Vision Pro ngokuzayo.
